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CARB outlines 2022 scoping plan path to carbon neutrality; projects steep drops in fossil gas use
Summary
At a California Public Utilities Commission workshop, California Air Resources Board staff summarized the 2022 Scoping Plan scenario that aims for statewide carbon neutrality by 2045 and projects large declines in fossil gas demand from buildings, industry and electric generation alongside rapid electrification and deployment of low‑carbon fuels.
California Air Resources Board staff presented the agency’s 2022 Scoping Plan scenario at a California Public Utilities Commission workshop, describing how the plan would move the state toward carbon neutrality by 2045 and sharply reduce fossil gas use across multiple sectors.
The scoping plan scenario assumes aggressive electrification, a large build‑out of renewable electricity and new low‑carbon fuels such as renewable hydrogen, and an increase in nature‑based carbon removals. CARB staff said the plan calls for electricity demand to nearly double and for fossil gas use in buildings and industry to fall dramatically by mid‑century.
The scenario presented by CARB sets out several headline metrics and outcomes. Staff said the scenario would reduce fossil gas demand in…
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